Architect Dietmar Koering of Arphenotype has designed these electricity pylons for a competition to envisage a new power transmission network in Iceland. Each pylon would be between 17 and 32 metres tall, with the shape of each one varying according to its longitude and latitude. “A parametric code drives the heights in an continuous gradient, which will be manufactured physically through help o..
The Joule, A Luxury Collection Hotel Dallas, Texas. Located in the heart of one of America뭩 most dynamic cities, The Joule is one of Dallas뭩 most stylish and contemporary hotels. Adam D. Tihany conceived the 129-room boutique hotel, rooftop pool, and public spaces with effortless elegance, putting The Joule in a unique class of its own. Jules Verne뭩 Journey to the Center of the Earth is the insp..
Casa Monte na Comporta in Grândola, Portugal is a house that sits in its surroundings as if it had always been there yet it also manages to look completely fresh, cool, new and spectacular. The house’s undulating shape echoes the gently sloping sand dunes, and its hard and angular surface planes contrast beautifully with the rounded shapes of the surrounding trees. It has a bunker-like feel but ..
Australia’s Yellow Goat Design have added seven new lighting designs to their growing collection. Visit the Yellow Goat Design website - here. Sans Serif A very quirky way to light a ceiling or wall. These long box shapes can be built in almost any combination of shapes and finishes. Modules can be added to each other to light very large areas. . Pequeño Imagine a cluster of 20 of these gorgeous..
location :Aichi Prefecture,Japan program :concert hall、restaurant、residence site area :831.96㎡ total area :4076.3㎡ Norihiko Dan — born in 1956 in the Kanagawa Prefecture in Japan — is the designer of the beautiful Munetsugu Hall, completed in 2007 in Naka Ward, Nagoya, Japan. It is a privately-funded concert hall that continues the age-old but almost-dead tradition of wealthy arts patrons initia..
Oppstart 2006, Status – Ferdig Størrelse – ca 140m2 Sted – Langgata, Sandnes, Norge Byggherre – Sandnes Kommune Samarbeid – AWP Arkitekter, Paris Konsulenter/Entreprenører – Kristoffer Apeland AS, Timber AS, Skandinaviska Glassystem, Hafnor AS, COWI AS Medarbeidere - Bosheng Gan, Anette Johansen, Siri Hopperstad Beskrivelse The lantern is a structure that covers the outdoor areas in Long Street,..
Amanda Levete Architects have unveiled Central Embassy, a 30-storey retail and hotel project in Bangkok, Thailand. The tower will be built in the former gardens of the British Embassy in the city. Amanda Levete Architects was formed after Levete and former partner Jan Kaplicky, who had previously worked together as Future Systems architects, went their separate ways. Kaplicky died earlier this y..
Casa no Gerês, designed by Porto-based Correia/Ragazzi Aquitectos, has received its fair share of international awards and exposure, but we cannot help but show it off one more time. This is the first project by Graça Correia and her new Italian partner, Roberto Ragazzi. It is a bold statement that hides nothing. This is also a house that is easy to love from certain perspectives and from others..
Our friends from RSVP shared with ous a project in San Juan, Puerto Rico, where a successful advertising agency wants to expand its current facilities on their present site in San Juan’s Roosevelt Avenue, where surrounding buildings have also undergone a process of urban densification. The existing building is a two story modernist box from the sixties occupying the central part of the lot and l..
authors: Boris Redčenkov, Prokop Tomášek, Jaroslav Wertig cooperation: Tomáš Amtmann investor: Johana a Tomáš Růžičkovi photographer: Ester Havlová The purpose of the project was the construction of a self-contained dwelling unit in the garden of the recently reconstructed house. It was necessary to deal with the dominance of the opposite panel house facade, avoid confrontation with the architec..